# 2024 MLS expansion draft

The 2024 MLS Expansion Draft was a special draft for the Major League Soccer expansion team San Diego FC that was held on December 11, 2024. The list of eligible players was revealed on December 10, 2024, which included 354 players from the 29 other MLS teams. San Diego FC selected five players in the draft.
The draft was conducted live at the Mission Valley shopping mall adjacent to San Diego FC's apparel store. It was streamed online and televised on KSWB.

## Format

All 29 teams from the 2024 season were subject to the draft. San Diego had five selections in the expansion draft. Once a player was chosen from any of the 29 teams, that team could not have another player chosen. That team also received $50,000 in general allocation money, unless the club is eligible for compensation allocation per the CBA due to bona fide offers to free agents. Each team had 12 protection slots that they may apply to any draft eligible player on their senior, and supplemental rosters. Generation Adidas players in slots 21–24 of a teams roster, and homegrown under the age of 25 as of the end of the 2024 season were not eligible for the draft. Players with contracts expiring at the end of the season, were part of a team's roster and were eligible for the draft. If the team had an option on the player's contract and protects the player, the team was not obligated to exercise that option after the draft. In the case of players with no-trade clauses, a team must have used one of their protection slots for that player. Teams must have protected one less player in international slots than there were recently on their roster (i.e. 4 players on international slots, 3 players must have been protected). The list of eligible players was released on December 10, 2024. The draft was shown on San Diego FC's website and a local channel in San Diego.

## Expansion draft picks

| Pick | MLS team | Player | Previous team | Notes |
| 1 | San Diego FC | Heine Gikling Bruseth | Orlando City | |
| 2 | San Diego FC | Hamady Diop | Charlotte FC | |
| 3 | San Diego FC | Jasper Löffelsend | Colorado Rapids | |
| 4 | San Diego FC | Hosei Kijima | St. Louis City | Traded to D.C. United in exchange for $400,000 in general allocation money |
| 5 | San Diego FC | Thiago Andrade | New York City | Traded to Toronto FC in exchange for $250,000 in general allocation money and a 2025 1st round pick (9th overall) |

## Team-by-team-breakdown
### Atlanta United FC

* Exposed
* Luis Abram
* Erik Centeno
* Nicolas Firmino
* Ronald Hernández
* Franco Ibarra
* Daniel Ríos
* Xande Silva

### Austin FC

* Exposed
* Matt Bersano
* Stefan Cleveland
* Jimmy Farkarlun
* Ethan Finlay
* Matt Hedges
* Hector Jiménez
* Žan Kolmanič
* Alexander Ring
* Diego Rubio
* Leo Väisänen
* Jhojan Valencia

### Charlotte FC

* Exposed
* Ben Bender
* David Bingham
* Hamady Diop
* Jahlane Forbes
* George Marks
* Pep Biel
* Chituru Odunze
* Jamie Paterson
* João Pedro
* Nick Scardina
* Tyger Smalls
* Karol Swiderski
* Iuri Tavares
* Idan Toklomati
* Bill Tuiloma
* Jere Uronen
* Júnior Urso

### Chicago Fire FC

* Exposed
* Allan Arigoni
* Rafael Czichos
* Bryan Dowd
* Jeffrey Gal
* Chase Gasper
* Gastón Giménez
* Fabian Herbers
* Ariel Lassiter
* Wyatt Omsberg
* Spencer Richey
* Arnaud Souquet
* Laurence Wootton

### FC Cincinnati

* Exposed
* London Aghedo
* Joey Akpunonu
* Yamil Asad
* Corey Baird
* Isaiah Foster
* Nicholas Gioacchini
* Nick Hagglund
* Bret Halsey
* Alec Kann
* Kipp Keller
* Evan Louro
* Malik Pinto
* Alvas Powell
* Sérgio Santos

### Colorado Rapids

* Exposed
* Lalas Abubakar
* Ethan Bandré
* Remi Cabral
* Daniel Chacón
* Omir Fernandez
* Nate Jones
* Jonathan Lewis
* Jasper Löffelsend
* Andreas Maxsø

### Columbus Crew

* Exposed
* Evan Bush
* Dylan Chambost
* Nicholas Hagen
* Andrés Herrera
* DeJuan Jones
* Derrick Jones
* Alexandru Mățan
* Abraham Romero
* Yaw Yeboah

### FC Dallas

* Exposed
* Eugene Ansah
* Paul Arriola
* Herbert Endeley
* Liam Fraser
* Omar Gonzalez
* Asier Illarramendi
* Geovane Jesus
* Sam Junqua
* Amet Korça
* Sebastian Lletget
* Jimmy Maurer
* Isaiah Parker
* Tomas Pondeca
* Ruan
* Carl Sainté
* Ema Twumasi

### D.C. United

* Exposed
* Alex Bono
* Russell Canouse
* Nathan Crockford
* Cristian Dájome
* Mateusz Klich
* Pedro Santos
* Christopher McVey
* Tyler Miller
* Martín Rodríguez
* Hayden Sargis
* Luis Zamudio

### Houston Dynamo FC

* Exposed
* Exon Arzú
* Ethan Bartlow
* Latif Blessing
* Steve Clark
* Sebastian Ferreira
* McKinze Gaines
* Ján Greguš
* Héctor Herrera
* Sebastian Kowalczyk
* Júnior Moreno
* Tate Schmitt
* Gabriel Segal
* Brad Smith
* Daniel Steres
* Ousmane Sylla
* Jefferson Valverde

### Inter Miami CF

* Exposed
* Leo Afonso
* CJ Dos Santos
* Nicolás Freire
* Julian Gressel
* Cole Jensen
* Sergii Kryvtsov
* Franco Negri
* Emerson Rodríguez
* Matías Rojas
* Ryan Sailor
* Lawson Sunderland
* Oscar Ustari
* Marcelo Weigandt

### Sporting Kansas City

* Exposed
* Robert Castellanos
* Danny Flores
* Andreu Fontàs
* Tim Melia
* Alan Pulido
* Nemanja Radoja
* Chris Rindov
* Johnny Russell
* Dániel Sallói
* Khiry Shelton
* Rémi Walter

### Los Angeles Galaxy

* Exposed
* Aaron Bibout
* Miguel Berry
* Gastón Brugman
* Martín Cáceres
* Diego Fagúndez
* Tucker Lepley
* Isaiah Parente
* Brady Scott
* Gino Vivi
* Maya Yoshida
* Eriq Zavaleta

### Los Angeles FC

* Exposed
* Eduard Atuesta
* Maxime Chanot
* Lorenzo Dallavalle
* Thomas Hasal
* Kei Kamara
* Luis Mueller
* Tommy Musto
* Lewis O'Brien
* David Ochoa
* Diego Rosales
* Ilie Sánchez
* Marlon Santos
* Eddie Segura
* Carlos Vela

### Minnesota United FC

* Exposed
* Jordan Adebayo-Smith
* Hugo Bacharach
* Alejandro Bran
* Ethan Bristow
* Derek Dodson
* Morris Duggan
* Franco Fragapane
* Clint Irwin
* Matúš Kmeť
* Anthony Markanich
* Loïc Mesanvi
* Moses Nyeman
* Teemu Pukki
* Samuel Shashoua
* Alec Smir
* D. J. Taylor
* Wil Trapp
* Zarek Valentin

### CF Montréal

* Exposed
* Matías Cóccaro
* Gabriele Corbo
* Grayson Doody
* Raheem Edwards
* Ilias Iliadis
* Logan Ketterer
* Lassi Lappalainen
* Josef Martínez
* Matteo Schiavoni
* Joaquín Sosa
* Robert Thorkelsson
* Victor Wanyama

### Nashville SC

* Exposed
* Forster Ajago
* Brian Anunga
* Teal Bunbury
* Sean Davis
* Aníbal Godoy
* Brent Kallman
* Randall Leal
* Jack Maher
* Woobens Pacius
* Elliot Panicco
* Amar Sejdić
* Joey Skinner
* Taylor Washington
* Dru Yearwood

### New England Revolution

* Exposed
* Xavier Arreaga
* Joshua Bolma
* Nacho Gil
* Tommy McNamara
* Jonathan Mensah
* Tim Parker
* Ryan Spaulding
* Bobby Wood

### New York City FC

* Exposed
* Thiago Andrade
* Monsef Bakrar
* Rio Hope-Gund
* Thiago Martins
* Jovan Mijatović
* Maxi Moralez
* Birk Risa
* Tomás Romero
* Strahinja Tanasijević

### New York Red Bulls

* Exposed
* Cory Burke
* Kyle Duncan
* Dennis Gjengaar
* Elias Manoel
* Ryan Meara
* Juan Mina
* Aidan O'Connor
* Mohammed Sofo
* Dante Vanzeir

### Orlando City SC

* Exposed
* David Brekalo
* Heine Gikling Bruseth
* Gastón González
* Jeorgio Kocevski
* Nicolás Lodeiro
* Jack Lynn
* Felipe Martins
* Carlos Mercado
* Luis Muriel
* Abdi Salim
* Kyle Smith
* Mason Stajduhar
* Yutaro Tsukada

### Philadelphia Union

* Exposed
* Samuel Adeniran
* Alejandro Bedoya
* Jamir Berdecio
* Chris Donovan
* Jack Elliott
* Leon Flach
* Isaiah LeFlore
* Joquín Torres

### Portland Timbers

* Exposed
* Miguel Araujo
* Diego Chará
* Marvin Loría
* Zachery McGraw
* Eric Miller
* Trey Muse
* Cristhian Paredes
* Mason Toye
* Eryk Williamson
* Dario Župarić

### Real Salt Lake

* Exposed
* Matthew Bell
* Kevin Bonilla
* Andrew Brody
* Lachlan Brook
* Javain Brown
* Noel Caliskan
* Maikel Chang
* Matt Crooks
* Tomás Gómez
* Erik Holt
* Bertin Jacquesson
* Kevon Lambert
* Zac MacMath
* Rubio Rubín
* Benji Michel
* Ilijah Paul
* Marcelo Silva

### San Jose Earthquakes

* Exposed
* Carlos Akapo
* Tanner Beason
* Vítor Costa
* Jeremy Ebobisse
* Carlos Gruezo
* Jacob Jackson
* Preston Judd
* JT Marcinkowski
* Paul Marie
* Alfredo Morales
* Amahl Pellegrino
* Jamar Ricketts
* Tommy Thompson
* William Yarbrough
* Jackson Yueill

### Seattle Sounders FC

* Exposed
* Jonathan Bell
* Braudílio Rodrigues
* João Paulo
* Danny Musovski
* Nathan
* Raúl Ruidíaz
* Albert Rusnák

### St. Louis City SC

* Exposed
* Njabulo Blom
* Jake Girdwood-Reich
* Kyle Hiebert
* Hosei Kijima
* John Klein
* Ben Lundt
* Jake Nerwinski
* Joakim Nilsson
* Christian Olivares
* Tomáš Ostrák
* Selmir Pidro
* Célio Pompeu
* Jayden Reid
* Nökkvi Thórisson
* Akil Watts
* Michael Wentzel
* Josh Yaro

### Toronto FC

* Exposed
* Nathaniel Edwards
* Deybi Flores
* Lorenzo Insigne
* Aimé Mabika
* Cassius Mailula
* Shane O'Neill
* Prince Owusu
* Jordan Perruzza
* Raoul Petretta
* Greg Ranjitsingh
* Sigurd Rosted
* Charlie Sharp

### Vancouver Whitecaps FC

* Exposed
* Joe Bendik
* Giuseppe Bovalina
* Nicolas Fleuriau Chateau
* Belal Halbouni
* Levonte Johnson
* Damir Kreilach
* Luís Martins
* J.C. Ngando
* Fafà Picault
* Ryan Raposo
* Alessandro Schöpf
* Yohei Takaoka
* Bjørn Utvik